Mia Hamm

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I have decided to start with the icon of US Women's Soccer whose name is Mia Hamm.

Mia Hamm was a forward for the US Women's National Soccer Team during the 1990s. She was one of the pioneers of the sport and made it popular at a time when football/soccer was beginning to get a foothold in America.

Mia Hamm started at the tender age of 15 in 1987 and took US Soccer by a storm with her style which was dynamic and attacking at the same time.

She was the US Female Soccer Athlete of the Year for Five Consecutive Years during the 1990's. Mia Hamm was also the leading scorer with 158 goals and 142 assists within 458 points.

Abby Wambach

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Abby Wambach was recently named 2010 Athlete of The Year for US Soccer. She started as a striker for the US Women's National Team in 2001 and proved to the world that no one can underestimate the USA in soccer.

It was with her participation that the USA was able to qualify for the Women's World Cup to take place in 2011. One of the games that she participated in was the US win over Costa Rica in November 2010.

Abby Wambach deserves admiration for traveling to Rwanda in 2006 for the Right To Play Foundation. The purpose was to help the foundation in its goal of using sports and play as a way of helping those children who do not have an advantage.

She dedicated her time to help the children of a country that is still recovering and rebuilding after suffering from a genocide of three months duration. Many people in Rwanda have thanked her for her efforts in bringing happiness to a country that needs it.

The obvious Fernando Torres Iker Casillas Xabi Alonso, and most of the Spanish national team. Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott of Arsenal count as well.

Because not only are they very talented they are good looking and are generally good guys and truly care about he teams they play for. Especially Iker he is the definition of a Madridista.

And RVP is in many fans opinion the MVP for Arsenal and is very skillful.

Theo Walcott, if you’ve ever heard him speak is very well spoken and you can tell he’s a really nice person, not to mention arguably the fastest player in the EPL.

I’d like to add Eduardo da Silva. He’s a very hard worker and has shone his resilience even after a career threatening injury had him sidelined and people feared that he wouldn’t be able to play again. But he came back and is now captain at Shakhtar Donetsk

Understanding The Meaning Of Beautiful

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Angela Asante:

Firstly, we’ll have to understand the meaning of the word “beautiful”. I’m sure the majority of the public will go for the looks but put aside the character of a player since the inner side of a person can easily appear as a sensible subject. On the contrary, judging the beauty of a player only upon his facial appearance is something that the eye can do through one glance—and that’s exactly what I want to discuss after covering the “50 ugliest footballers in the world” topic.

My personal opinion? I’m a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo’s style of play but I’m far from being attracted by his physical appearance, remarkably. I will go Barcelona’s Manuel Nolito and Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero as football’s prettiest players. Sevilla’s Konko, AC Milan’s Kevin-Prince Boateng, Marseille’s Dede Ayew and also Yoann Gourcuff as well as Rafael Marquez … these five players could also make the cut based on my opinion.

I guess others will name players such as Gerard Pique, Mesut Ozil, Sergio Ramos and even Fernando Torres as Sabrina Dessipe suggested earlier on. Interestingly, the players mentioned seem to have one thing in common, and that’s aggression on the ball and the desire to make the most of their playing minutes on the field.